{"id":695583,"date":"2026-10-30T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=695583"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:58:02","slug":"abdul-el-sayeds-dad-sits-on-board-linked-to-saddam-hussein-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=695583","title":{"rendered":"Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s dad sits on board linked to Saddam Hussein: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed vehemently denies any connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, despite alleged family ties, a report regarding his father and a link to Saddam Hussein is not helping his cause.<\/p>\n

More from The Washington Free Beacon:<\/p>\n

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Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s father sits on the board of a notorious Islamic charity that was once busted for funneling cash to Saddam Hussein and has been raided by the FBI and the U.S. military. The board also features two current members who belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to documents from federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed\u2019s father, Michigan academic and imam Dr. Mohammed El-Sayed, serves as a board member of the group Life for Relief and Development, which proudly displays his affiliation on its website.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In addition to his father reportedly being on the board since 2020, the Free Beacon noted that El-Sayed\u2019s father-in-law, Jukaku Tayeb, previously served on the group\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

The charity was raided by the FBI in 2006, and a grand jury would eventually charge the CEO with violating sanctions and money-laundering laws. Federal agents raided the CEO\u2019s home, seizing \u201ccorrespondence, notes, e-mails, facsimiles and other documents and records\u201d related to the Islamic African Relief Agency, the Detroit Free Press reported at the time, citing court records.<\/p>\n

And this is where another troubling connection involving El-Sayed\u2019s mother comes into play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Islamic African Relief Agency was a known alias for the same group for which El-Sayed\u2019s mother, Fatten Fathy Elkomy, worked. The agency was later shut down after being identified as an al Qaeda-linked terrorist organization,\u201d the Free Beacon reported.<\/p>\n

The case against Life for Relief and Development was reportedly dropped in 2014 after the charity reached a $780,000 settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control.<\/p>\n

All of which adds context to why President Donald Trump has referred to El-Sayed as a \u201cjihadist,\u201d saying he \u201cshould not be allowed to serve in our Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbdul El-Sayed would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he\u2019s allowed to go in to the Senate,\u201d Trump said at a recent rally in Michigan.<\/p>\n

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Trump: El-Sayed would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he\u2019s allowed to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector https:\/\/t.co\/secPYORCwe<\/p>\n

\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) October 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The remarkable thing here may be that Democratic voters will still pull the lever for El-Sayed, simply because he has a \u201cD\u201d next to his name \u2014 here\u2019s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:<\/p>\n

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Man, I\u2019m so ashamed of all the Michiganders voting for this terrorist sympathizer. His family has direct connections to actual terrorists.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7\" Juve4Ever \"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7\" (@JuventusLover60) October 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Wow. And Democrats will simply ignore this.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Not a dumb blonde \"\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3\" (@BlondeMAGAinNJ) October 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Listen
\nthe fake doctor
\nAbdul El Sayed
\nhis whole family is tied into terrorism
\nbut nobody cares it doesn\u2019t matter till the end don\u2019t worry another 9\/11 will probably come
\nBut some Americans are stupid they don\u2019t care<\/p>\n

\u2014 Yiota P Kiriakes (@hypertension57) October 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This guy continues to go from bad to worse. Surely Michiganders are intelligent enough to not vote for Abdul.<\/p>\n

\u2014 David Adams (@DavidAdamsUSA) October 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Honestly how much more shit do you need on a guy to know he\u2019s an enemy of the republic? Why are people so naive?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bygones_be_Bygones (@BygonesbeBygon7) October 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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